=================Achievers-3: "P.G.Wodehouse"

A great master of the English prose and humour and a prolific writer. Acknowledged and admired by other great writers, he lived for more than 93 years. He was writing almost till his end. He wrote about nearly 80 books, comprising short stories and novels.

Personally I have been a Wodehouse aficionado. Many a time he saved me from cares, depression and misery. My friends and myself, we used to imitate his delightful style in our letters. In our office, we sort of had a Wodehouse Club and when one of us got an Wodehouse, after reading. we would pass it on to others. We found joy in sharing his books and his jokes.

Some of his memorable and lovable characters are: Jeeves, Lord Ickenham, Sir Galahad Threepwood, Bingo Little, Pongo Twistleton and the potty Lord Emsworth. Of his novels, my favourite is, "A Damsel in Distress"; of his short story collections, "The Man Upstairs". "The Man with Two Left Feet" and the Jeeves series.

His name came under a cloud when he unwittingly allowed himself to be used by the Nazis for their propaganda during World War. But that cloud did pass away and he was knighted by the Queen herself. When I was going through old paper clippings searching for material for my blog, I came across a piece, "The Unknown Wodehouse" by S.Ramachander in the Literary Review of The Hindu, April 3, 2005. I would like a share with you a brief excerpt from it:

"Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (Plum) is a colossus amongst literary geniuses of the recent century... it is not that he is other-worldly or unworldly so much as that he is a-worldly, a born neutral."

Project Gutenberg has rendered yeoman service to Wodehouse fans by providing full text of many of his books and they deserve our gratitude and congratulations. The list with links:

The Adventures of Sally (English)
The Clicking of Cuthbert (English)
The Coming of Bill (English)
A Damsel in Distress (English)
Death at the ExcelsiorAnd Other Stories (English)
The Gem Collector (English)
The Girl on the Boat (English)
The Gold Bat (English)
The Head of Kay's (English)
Indiscretions of Archie (English)
The Intrusion of Jimmy (English)
Jill the Reckless (English)
The Little Nugget (English)
The Little Warrior (English)
Love Among the Chickens (English)
Love Among the Chickens (English)
Love Among the ChickensA Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm (English)
A Man of Means (English)
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories (English)
The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories (English)
Mike (English)
Mike and Psmith (English)
My Man Jeeves (English)
Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel (English)
Piccadilly Jim (English)
The Politeness of Princesand Other School Stories (English)
The Pothunters (English)
A Prefect's Uncle (English)
The Prince and Betty (English)
Psmith in the City (English)
Psmith in the City (English)
Psmith, Journalist (English)
Right Ho, Jeeves (English)
Right Ho, Jeeves (English)
Something New (English)
The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England A Tale of the Great Invasion (English)
Tales of St. Austin's (English)
Three Men and a Maid (English)
Uneasy Money (English)
The White Feather (English)
William Tell Told Again (English)
A Wodehouse MiscellanyArticles & Stories (English)

Detailed Wikipedia article on "P.G.WODEHOUSE": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.G.Wodehouse

List of Books by P. G. Wodehouse:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_by_P._G._Wodehouse

List of Short Stories by P.G.Wodehouse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_short_stories_by_P._G._Wodehouse

Grateful thanks to the inimitable Project Gutenberg and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.